CREATE (ELEMENT)

 

Description: This function allows the user to generate sets with unique element ID numbers. The elements may be included in multiple sets.

 

Usage:

 

1.   The ELEMENT TYPE SELECTION window pops up, as following:

             

 

 2.     After the user selects element set type, DSI prompts:

 >     ENTER NEW ELEMENT SET NUMBER (X) OR E TO EXIT

       •      Any integer greater than zero (0) is valid.

       •     If the user enters an element set ID number already assigned, DSI returns the prompt:

>     ELEMENT SET xxxx ALREADY EXISTS.

 

3.     After the user enters an element set ID number, DSI prompts:

>     SELECT ELEMENTS

•      Select elements by the following methods:

        

     

 

   The user may press the left mouse button or type "C" to select the element nearest to the cursor.

•      If the user selects the same element twice while creating a set, DSI returns the prompt:

>      ELEMENT xxxx ALREADY PICKED

•      If the user selects DONE, DSI saves the set and prompts:

>      X ELEMENTS INCLUDED IN ELEMENT SET X

•    If the user selects ABORT, DSI deletes the set and forwards the user to the ELEMENT SET submenu.

 

Note:  Users may not assign the same ID numbers to both node sets and element sets.